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It’s time for an interest rate increase, at least that’s what the Federal Reserve Board is signaling. And the markets like what they’re hearing. The New York Times story by Binyamin Appelbaum reported the...

Despite protests from the U.S., several European countries are planning to join the Asian Investment Bank, led by China. It’s a big move and signals that U.S. influence on the world’s monetary policy might...

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories: The New York Times New bribery evidence adds a year to Biomet’s probation, by Ben Protess Facebook announces a payments feature for its messenger app, by Vindu...

As more viewers are cutting ties with cable and moving to streaming television and movies, companies are scrambling to capture their attention (and the associated ad dollars.) There were several content deals recently, and...

The rumors about General Electric getting out of the consumer finance business are true, well, at least in Australia and New Zealand. The group is selling its finance unit, furthering its exit from the...

Some of Monday’s top business news stories: The New York Times Authorities closing in on hackers who stole data from JPMorgan Chase, by Matthew Goldstein and Nicole Perlroth Etsy’s success gives rise to problems...

Howard Schneider joined Reuters in April 2014 to help lead its Federal Reserve Board coverage. Before that, he was covering international economics for the Washington Post for the past four years with stories ranging...